What kind of Cryptography existed during the Civil War era?

Question

I am doing a civil war project on cryptography. I want my project to be valid so I need to know what kinds of code were actually used during the war. I also wondered if their was a good site about the codes. Please help if you can, thanks.

Answer 1

Info here:

http://www.mikeantonucci.com/codecrackers.htm

Answer 2

Cypher wheels...I think there is somebody who makes them for reenactors. They used all manners of codes. Check out reenactor sites as they know a lot .

Answer 3

Didn't you see the movies about how American Natives were used because they spoke an un-known to the enemy language and the one about the enigma encoding machine